Yes Dinesh ji the two species are very distinct, A sessilis is a plant of wet places, softer stems and leaves latter often gradually narrowed and obtuse and flowers in dense nearly globose to oblong cluster without sharply projecting bracts. A. ficoides on the other hand prefers exposed habitats leaves and stems are stiffer, leaves often prominently narrowed towards base and flowers in few flowered clusters, with distinctly projecting bracts and perianth. Please see my post of Al sessilis https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/fWD55JxZ2u8/m/R85CiafwRH8J And A. ficoidea https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/K6OwDVi8X7I/m/vPHHXw69Gm4J
And a simple key to genus https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/6LYsGV33bi8/m/52EhYfhsR5IJ On Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 12:33:42 PM UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote: > OK, thanks, Garg ji. > Will revise to *A. ficoidea*. > More of my Alternanthera observations will get uploaded in due course, and > maybe I will keep fumbling; I do not seem to get familiar with this genus :) > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 12:22 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Pl. check the pubscence of the leaves and nature of the flowers and its >> head closely. >> >> On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 at 12:20, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Garg ji. >>> I went through both pages in eFI site ... *Alternanthera ficoidea* >>> <https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/04/alternanthera-ficoidea/> and >>> *Alternanthera >>> sessilis* <https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/04/alternanthera-sessilis/> >>> ... I find that the leaves are variable in both pages, both are sessile. >>> Please let me know of some "visual" characteristic in the posted plant >>> that suggests *A. sessilis*, so that I can look for it in my >>> observations before upload. >>> >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, 7 June 2023 at 17:49:47 UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: >>> >>>> To me appears more closer to images at >>>> https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/04/alternanthera-ficoidea/ >>>> >>>> On Tue, 30 May 2023 at 18:46, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> *Alternanthera sessilis* (L.) DC. >>>>> Waghbil, Thane, Maharashtra :: Nov 28, 2009 · 2:08 PM IST :: about 3 m >>>>> (10 ft) asl >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> Earlier uploaded at eFI >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/JGQWzgFCmfA/m/IbZX1M9xb4cJ>. >>>>> >>>>> [image: Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC.] >>>>> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/154385636> >>>>> [image: Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC.] >>>>> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/154385636> >>>>> [image: Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC.] >>>>> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/154385636> >>>>> [image: Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC.] >>>>> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/154385636> >>>>> Regards. >>>>> Dinesh >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC16Y%3DEeC%2BgywQfkEYtVf4MZ5Lb_3nycYR5ubvzKGgcyww%40mail.gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC16Y%3DEeC%2BgywQfkEYtVf4MZ5Lb_3nycYR5ubvzKGgcyww%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> With regards, >>>> J.M.Garg >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/87d2107d-5985-4934-97a5-373aeefb3d45n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/87d2107d-5985-4934-97a5-373aeefb3d45n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/fa1b40da-4ab0-46d8-89b5-62215622af02n%40googlegroups.com.
